May 08, 2013

Barnes to chair NCAA men's basketball committee for 2014-15 season

Scott Barnes, vice-president and athletic director at Utah State, has been selected as chairman of the NCAA Division I men’s basketball committee for the 2014-15 season, officials announced Wednesday. Barnes will oversee selection of teams that compete in the 2015 NCAA Tournament.

He will spend next year serving as vice-chairman to Ron Wellman, the Wake Forest athletic director who will be chairman of the committee for the 2013-14 season. Wellman will oversee selection of teams for the 2014 event, which will culminate with the 2014 Final Four at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. The Final Four games in Arlington will be played April 5-7, 2014.

Mike Bobinski, last year’s committee chairman, ends his term in September.